United flight from SFO to Honolulu loses engine parts while mid-air in terrifying ordeal

Part of an engine was lost mid-air on a United flight from Hawaii to San Francisco Tuesday afternoon. Passengers showed what it looked like from on board the plane.

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A United Airlines plane traveling from San Francisco to Honolulu made an emergency landing after losing parts of an engine while mid-air Tuesday afternoon, United officials said.

Passengers recorded the harrowing in-flight experience aboard United flight 1175 with photos and videos depicting the airplane's starboard-side engine exposed, high above the Pacific Ocean. The Boeing 777-200's cowling, a metal covering that protects the engine, flew off during the flight, United said in a statement.

Passenger Maria Falaschi took these photos of an exposed starboard-side engine aboard United Airlines flight 1175 from San Francisco to Honolulu on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Passenger Maria Falaschi took these photos of an exposed starboard-side engine aboard United Airlines flight 1175 from San Francisco to Honolulu on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Photo: Maria Falaschi

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Passenger Maria Falaschi took these photos of an exposed starboard-side engine aboard United Airlines flight 1175 from San Francisco to Honolulu on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Passenger Maria Falaschi took these photos of an exposed starboard-side engine aboard United Airlines flight 1175 from San Francisco to Honolulu on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Photo: Maria Falaschi

United flight from SFO to Honolulu loses engine parts while mid-air in terrifying ordeal